Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ magro +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zmaˈɡri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sma‧grì‧re

Verb

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smagrìre (first-person singular present smagrìsco, first-person singular past historic smagrìi, past participle smagrìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, informal) to become thin, to lose weight [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: dimagrire
  2. (transitive, informal) to emaciate
  3. (transitive, technical, automotive, nautical) to thin, to make thiner or leaner (clay-based materials, coal, a fuel mixture, a sail, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to make thinner (in general)
  5. (transitive, agriculture) to exhaust, to impoverish, to deplete (the soil)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • smagrire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana